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Old 17-01-2011, 20:07   #4
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Thumbs up Re: Are there two different specificatins for A male to A Male Mini 5 Pin USB cables

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Originally Posted by Graham M View Post
There is sometimes another type of this sort of cable with 2 USB plugs on one end to provide extra power, it could be this that the seller is talking about
Hi Graham,
No, that is not the case. Here is what he wrote:
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I am afraid that you didn't know that external hardrive need special USB cable, because of the high power consumption. Even the connectors are the same, but the cable for external hardrive is different.

You can try this cable with other device such as camera, mp3 player and I bet it works
As for what Hom3r suggests, that may hold water as the cable is 5 feet long.

Does anyone know where can I find the specs for USB cables used for external disks (Google didn't help much) ?
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